Was Prestice a town where military was regimented? I have illegitimate great grandfather and his siblings who lived there with their mother and grandmother. Thanks! Sue
My gg grandfather's 1860 marriage record says "Karl Spohr, musiklehrer und kapellmeister beim k.k. priviligierten Schützenkorps in Eger." I am trying to find his military records at the family history library in Salt Lake City. I looked at a microfische for Eger and he was not in those records. I read something today that says their conscription was based on the village of birth. He was born in Salesl (present Dolni Zalezly) but only lived there a few years. His father's ancestral village was Merzlitz (present Mrzlice). He was married in Graslitz (present Kraslice). Where do you suggest I look next? Thank you very much!
I would suggest contacting Czech Military Archives to find out more about the service - it's central Czech archive for military records. Try to write there an e-mail (to podatelna@vuapraha.cz ) with your gggrandfather's name, date and place of birth - they will let you know if there is any record concerning him.
Thank you, Blanka, for that explanation! That helps me understand why some of those men getting married for the first time were so old, too--first they had to do their time in the military. 10-14 years, wow. That sounds like a hard life!
It definitely was a hard life in the time of wars. And that long term service was the reason why soldier were often followed to the church by a bunch of their own kids. :)
So was it pretty common for soldiers to have children out of wedlock? I believe my great-grandmother was illegitimate but I haven't been able to find her birth record and the story I was told doesn't add up with other records I have. I know my gg-grandfather was in the military.
That's very interesting! Would the birth of the illegitimate child be recorded in the parish book, even if they were Catholic? My great grandmother told everyone she was born in Vienna but her father was from Bozejovice. I find him in the records but not her. I wonder if the military records would shed a clue on where he would have been stationed. I'm not sure she was really born in Vienna. it's a big mystery!
Was Prestice a town where military was regimented? I have illegitimate great grandfather and his siblings who lived there with their mother and grandmother. Thanks! Sue
ReplyDeletePrestice wasn't a regiments residense as far as I know, the nearest military residences were in Písek and Plzeň.
DeleteMy gg grandfather's 1860 marriage record says "Karl Spohr, musiklehrer und kapellmeister beim k.k. priviligierten Schützenkorps in Eger." I am trying to find his military records at the family history library in Salt Lake City. I looked at a microfische for Eger and he was not in those records. I read something today that says their conscription was based on the village of birth. He was born in Salesl (present Dolni Zalezly) but only lived there a few years. His father's ancestral village was Merzlitz (present Mrzlice). He was married in Graslitz (present Kraslice). Where do you suggest I look next? Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteI would suggest contacting Czech Military Archives to find out more about the service - it's central Czech archive for military records. Try to write there an e-mail (to podatelna@vuapraha.cz ) with your gggrandfather's name, date and place of birth - they will let you know if there is any record concerning him.
DeleteThank you!
DeleteThank you, Blanka, for that explanation! That helps me understand why some of those men getting married for the first time were so old, too--first they had to do their time in the military. 10-14 years, wow. That sounds like a hard life!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely was a hard life in the time of wars. And that long term service was the reason why soldier were often followed to the church by a bunch of their own kids. :)
DeleteSo was it pretty common for soldiers to have children out of wedlock? I believe my great-grandmother was illegitimate but I haven't been able to find her birth record and the story I was told doesn't add up with other records I have. I know my gg-grandfather was in the military.
DeleteYes, it was really common. If your gggrandfather was in the army, the possibility some of his children were born out of wedlock was really high.
DeleteThat's very interesting! Would the birth of the illegitimate child be recorded in the parish book, even if they were Catholic? My great grandmother told everyone she was born in Vienna but her father was from Bozejovice. I find him in the records but not her. I wonder if the military records would shed a clue on where he would have been stationed. I'm not sure she was really born in Vienna. it's a big mystery!
ReplyDeletegreat post Blanka,thanks!!!
ReplyDeletesome of my ancestors were in the army,and also in the czech legion.
My ancestor Pavel Petrucha is listed as an "invalid, border guard," in Straznice in 1820s. Is this a military occupation? Thanks, Mike Kukral
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